INTELLIGENCE
a (1) : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason; also : the skilled use of reason(2) : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)
c : mental acuteness : shrewdness
There have been several articles that I have read over the past week or so all dealing with the intelligence that a person has. One left me with an unsettling feeling, and another I found quite intriguing.
The article I really enjoyed is pertaining to IQ levels and also speaks about how those who are more intelligent are actually the night owls. There was a study done on this, and with the study it was found that those getting less sleep actually had a higher IQ. I know this varies greatly, and it is by no means a general statement that could, nor should it be, applied to everyone.
I spend entirely too much of my time reading articles on Elite Daily, and I can happily admit this was one of my favorites. I can also admit that I fall into the group of people that daydream, sometimes too much, and my best work is done at night. Granted there are days where I sleep in way too late, and I have a tendency to take classes later in the day because I'm fighting adulthood, but some of the best memories are made at night.
The lines that stand out most to me in this article are:
"The night is for passion. It’s for fanaticism, romance and trouble. It’s when your most tender, authentic and suppressed sides come out to play under the nonjudgmental eyes of the stars.
It’s for all those things you could never dream of doing by day, under the watchful eyes of the sun."
It’s for all those things you could never dream of doing by day, under the watchful eyes of the sun."
I will be completely honest and admit that my train of thought is gone, and this is probably going to seem extremely scatter brained, but thats the joys of having a personal blog and being able to say what you want haha. I must say one thing though, and it is to not simply base your intelligence on what you have learned from a book but also go out and experience things and learn from those. The other article deals with telling women that intelligence will hinder them from getting what they want out of life.
This is going to come across as feminist, #sorrynotsorry, but telling women that they are going to be kept from getting what they want just because they are smarter than others is not ok. If anyone wants to achieve what they want, whether they are career focused or family focused or even a combination of both, they should set out to achieve that and should not be hindered based upon what they read. Granted those who put their career first before making a family will experience things in a completely different way than someone who did the opposite, and vice versa.
It is also stated that women who are more intelligent are going to be seen as more of a threat. I don't know about you, but I would rather be seen as a threat than someone who can be walked on. The quote below describes how others may see an intelligent woman, and one way to look at it is to take them by surprise. There have been so many times people have looked at me and simply said "You're actually smart?" with a completely straight face and meant it, and every time I can't help but laugh and walk away. Take the world by storm, know what you want, enjoy the ride, and take no prisoners as several of my friends would say.
"You may be sensitive, sweet and insecure, but your intelligence makes you threatening. You may not have muscles and a big d*ck, but men will look at you as competition."
Intelligence is an amazing thing, and others will never truly know everything that you personally know. Do not hold back who you are, or what you want to do, just because it may "put you back" in a life plan thats completely different to others. Intelligence makes us who we are, whether your IQ is high or low, and everyone is unique and brings something positive to "the table" as you could say. The one thing to always keep in mind is to not simply stay within your boundaries either, if you go outside of what you already know and learn something new you could possibly find a new passion, or even something you hate, but it will still better you in a way as long as you look for the good in it, as cliche as that sounds.
Sorry for the late night ramblings, and I guess this is a result from not being able to sleep haha.
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